The inaugural running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour Daytona was held November 12-16, 2014 at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course in Daytona Beach, Florida. The event also included HSR’s Sprint Races, Endurance Series and the finale of the TransAm Series.
The response from the Classic 24 Hour Daytona 2014 historic races has been positive, with entrants and spectators alike enjoying the varied endurance race format and the obvious bump in on-track talent. In fact, more than half the field in Group A for 1960s race cars were from outside the United States, a solid endorsement that HSR may be onto something at Daytona.It’s way too soon to tell if this is a Le Mans Classic for the United States, but James Redman and the team at HSR are to be commended for a gutsy first effort. We look forward to many more.
In addition to David Ferguson’s report and Michael DiPleco’s gallery, photographers Mark Coughlin and Peter Falkner also documented the HSR Classic 24 Hour Daytona 2014 with the following stunning images. We split up Mark and Peter’s pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs.
Classic 24 Hour Daytona 2014 – Featured Picture Gallery
1966 Porsche 9101973 BMW CSL1979 Porsche 935/K31979 Porsche 935/K31979 Porsche 935/K3Porsche, Corvette and 2 Chevrons on their pace lap. #119 1976 Chevron B 36 was the Classic 24 group B winner1987 Porsche 9621984 Porsche 956C2nd place finisher in A-4, George Calfo’s 1967 Porsche 911S1965 GT 40 battle scarsOverall Class A winner Daytona Classic 24 the Devis/Traber 1965 Lola T70 MKI spyder1962 Jaguar XKE showing the signs of 24 hrs of racingClass A-2 winner, 1970 Chevron B16Class A-5 winner, 1968 Porsche 911 T/R1965 Ford GT 40 MK II1973 Porsche 911 RSR1965 Ford GT40 Mk II1965 Porsche 9111967 Alfa Romeo GT Junior1965 Ford GT40 Mk I1969 BMW 20021967 Porsche 911S1970 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competition1989 Spice-Chevrolet SE89P2nd place finishing 1965 Chevrolet Camaro1965 Porsche 911Grid for the inaugural Daytona Classic 24Porsche Past and Present. L to R Patrick Long (current factory driver), Alan Benjamin,Hurley Haywood, John Ames and Giis Van LepenOliver Bryant (L) and Grahame Bryant with their beautiful 1965 Ford Mustang GT1967 Porsche 907 LH1966 Lotus Elan Coupe1967 Porsche 911s1966 Porsche 911S1969 Lotus Super SevenPorsche factory driver Patrick Long chats with Jochen Mass1989 Corvette Challenge1972 BMW CSL1979 Chevron B231972 De Tomaso Pantera1973 March 73S1965 Porsche 9111973 BMW 3.5 CSL1973 Porsche 911 RSR1966 VRC Porsche 906Tic Tac 1988 Porsche 962C1989 Spice-Chevrolet SE89P1968 Porsche 911 T/R1965 Lola T70 Mk I SpyderA long night’s damage brought second place in class for the 1962 Jaguar XKEPit action on the night shift, 1965 Ford GT 40 MK1Even with most of the NASCAR lighting off, it is a very bright night trackpaddock night action 1973 March 73S2005 Audi R8, Classic 24 Group E winner1977 Greenwood Corvette pitting. Notice the fans being used to cool the radiators while the engine is off.
1996 Porsche 993 Cup2000 Dodge Viper GTS-R1975 Porsche 911 RSR 3.01970 Lola T70 Mk 3B Coupe1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competition1970 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competition1967 Porsche 907 LH1966 Porsche 9101967 Porsche 907 LH1965 Ford GT40 Mk II1968 Porsche 9111965 Ford GT40 Mk I1968 Porsche 911 T/R1966 Ginetta G-4 Coupe1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competition1965 Porsche 9111965 Ford GT40 Mk I1979 Porsche 935/K3 on the upshift1972 BMW CSL1984 Porsche 956C1988 Porsche 962c1990 Porsche 9621965 Ford Gt 40 MK11962 Jaguar XKE in the pits1970 Lola T70 MK IIIb coupe pitting1990 Porsche 964 Cup1986 Porsche 9621993 porsche 964 RSR1988 Porsche 962C2 962s, a 956, a Spice and a 964 on the banking1975 Porsche 911 RSRLola T70 leads two Porsches1963 Lotus 23b1980 Porsche 935/K31966 Porsche 9101966 Porsche 9101966 Lola T70 MK II1965 Ford GT40
1970 Chevron B16, 1970 Lola T70 MKIIIB74 911 rsr1977 Greenwood Corvette1975 Aston Martin Vantage1974 Chevron B26 leads the 2012 Riley and Scott through the bus stop chicane1965 Ford GT 40, 1970 Chevron B16 and 1966 Porsche 9101969 BMW 2002 TiiGrid for the inaugural Daytona Classic 24 group A cars1973 Porsche 993 RSRHeading for the horseshoe, 1965 GT 40 MK1
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